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Oxalis chef wants each plate to ‘tell a story’
As a child, Andi Preuss spent his summers foraging mushrooms in his grandfather’s garden — together they harvested cucumbers and he helped his grandmother prepare potatoes. Every night ended in the same way: with a warm meal. By the time Preuss interned at a steakhouse in Berlin at age 14, he realized “this was meant to be.” Preuss is the executive chef at Oxalis Restaurant in Dartmouth. Oxalis was named Halifax’s best restaurant in HRM at the 2024 Nova Scotia Restaurant Awards Gala.
Altering ‘what is normal’: Experts caution against overuse of social media
Haylee Landry’s average daily screen time is around seven hours, most of which is spent scrolling on TikTok. She says while the app is entertaining, it has worsened her social anxiety. “I always think people are judging me,” said the first-year Nova Scotia Community College student. Landry says comment sections on social media allow people to easily express their opinions. But in person, that’s not always the case. “When you’re in public, (people) are obviously not going to say anything to your face.
Veganism no longer ‘out in left field’
When Jessie Doyle first sold kale chips at the farmers market in 2011, she had to put bouquets of kale on the table to show people what the chips were made of. “People thought it was seaweed,” she says, recalling how unfamiliar the term plant-based diet was at the time.
Free-to-play indoor soccer league opens in Mahone Bay
Young footballers in Mahone Bay are getting help learning the game from Nova Scotia’s top soccer professionals. This past weekend, Mahone Bay United started a free-to-play competitive futsal league on the South Shore. Teams like the Crusty Croutons and the Scat Pack got together for a weekend full of indoor soccer development and competitive games. Helping them out are coaches from the Halifax Wanderers.
To tell or not to tell: the disability disclosure dilemma
Maram Salman frequently hears the dilemma many disabled people encounter when trying to decide whether to disclose their disability to employers. “I think one of the biggest stereotypes is that the candidate is unable to do the job, where most of the time it’s the complete opposite,” she said. Salman is a workshop facilitator at TEAM Work Cooperative, an organization that offers free career counselling to Nova Scotians.
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Editor's Note Content Warning: This piece contains content and language related to sexual violence, including sexual assault, post-traumatic stress disorder and rape. If you require immediate assistance, Salal, a national toll-free support centre that is available 24 hours a day, can be contacted at: 1-877-392-7583 or by text at 1-604-245-2425. Please use your discretion as you move through this feature and take a pause as needed. Michelle Roy stood before a crowd of 400 people.
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6 study spots beyond the campus library
Finding the perfect place to study is vital to your post-secondary education. Getting away from your living space is good—we've already spent too long sheltering in place—but trudging to the dreary school library like countless masses of students before you can be soul-crushing. Is a little ambience really too much to ask? Here are some suggestions for study destinations you'll want to visit, which might just help you increase productivity and decrease procrastination.
Wake me up when Stress-tember ends
How much of a sick joke did your day planner feel like by mid-2020? Time was an endless slip-and-slide of zoom meetings while the campus bubble—which can already feel small—shrunk to the size of your computer screen. It wasn't an easy year for anyone, students included. But just as the pandemic might be making its way out of what we know to be the physically distant world of today, students are in for a treat as they say goodbye to the days of pyjamas and pre-recorded lectures.
Nova Scotia’s new government is mostly made up of veteran politicians
This week, the 55 people who won the recent provincial election get sworn into office, and Progressive Conservative Party leader Tim Houston officially becomes premier Houston, leading a PC majority government.
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